GRE Word List

PENDULOUS

poised without visible support

The meaning of the word pendulous is poised without visible support.

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empiricaloriginating in or based on observation or experience
coniferany of an order (Coniferales) of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs having usually needle-shaped or scalelike leaves and including forms (such as pines) with true cones and others (such as yews) with an arillate fruit
complaisantmarked by an inclination to please or oblige
masochista person who derives sexual gratification from being subjected to physical pain or humiliation : an individual given to masochism
pento shut in or as if in a pen
fashionthe prevailing style (as in dress) during a particular time
doteto exhibit mental decline of or like that of old age : be in one's dotage
stanzaa division of a poem consisting of a series of lines arranged together in a usually recurring pattern of meter and rhyme : strophe
venisonthe edible flesh of a game animal and especially a deer
subjugateto bring under control and governance as a subject : conquer